Young children's food in Liverpool day-care settings: A qualitative study of pre-school nutrition policy and practice

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1858-1866

  Lloyd Williams, Ffion ^a   Bristow, Katie ^a   Capewell, Simon ^a   Mwatsama, Modi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Heart of Mersey   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Nutrition; Policy; Practice; Pre school; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAY CARE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENU PLANNING; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84855391701     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000619     Document Type: Review

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